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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage leaves you with conflicting feelings. The title from the creators of Life is Strange shows the qualities of its predecessor and its own potential, but so far it seems to be unable to use them properly. The game does an excellent job with the characters of the protagonists, a quartet of girls who together possess great chemistry fueled by dialogue choices. But these are also the only choices you make in the game. Don't expect any great influence on the story and its direction, nor a meaningful conclusion to the story for now. We may see that in the second part coming out in April. Or at least let's hope so.

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Avowed offers excellent gameplay, an engaging story with well-designed sidequests, memorable companions, and an original fantasy world. It improves on Outer Worlds' flaws, delivers spectacular combat (especially magic), a semi-open beautiful world with parkour, and flexible character progression. While the music is less distinctive and some animations and side character designs can be repetitive, these are minor issues that don't detract from an otherwise outstanding experience.

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Eternal Strands is a nice mix of Shadow of the Colossus and The Legend of Zelda. It doesn't present a huge challenge, but it does reward attentive and creative players. The most appreciated features are the ability to combine spells and the item crafting system.

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Kvark is an incredibly well-done title in its setting, theme, and gameplay, but does it have its flaws and fail to live up to the potential of its setting? Of course, it doesn't matter anyway. The title has its positives, and considering that this is the first title from two young developers who only graduated from high school last year, it's an incredible piece of work that deserves its own recognition and recommendation to anyone who enjoys retro pixelated boomer shooter games.

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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a brave twist in the series and a true Breath of Innovation. It has fun dungeons and mechanics, an amazing soundtrack, and amazing graphics. However, a muddy performance is keeping this title from reaching its absolute heights.

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII brings a fresh perspective to the series and attempts to overcome many of the shortcomings of the previous installments. The game is more nimble, clearer, and more complex than ever before. Still, it's not exactly welcoming to new players.

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Mario Party Jamboree might seem like a pointless third installment for the Nintendo Switch. But it couldn’t be further from the truth! It’s an incredibly polished and balanced experience that took the best out of the two previous Switch Mario Party games.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a natural evolution of the first game, which now fully develops its original vision. It brings a deeper story, historical fidelity, and dramatization of the action. The beautiful backdrops of Bohemian Paradise and Guttenberg complement improved combat, creative quests, and sophisticated dialogue choices. While the game maintains its authentic RPG style, it also pushes the boundaries of the genre and shows how Warhorse continues to improve in narrative and game design.

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Citizen Sleeper 2 builds on a strong story, well-written characters and a unique dice mechanic that delivers tension and strategy. The open world and deep themes give the game an unforgettable atmosphere. If you like text-based RPGs with an emphasis on decision-making and survival in an inhospitable universe, this game will suck you in.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 restores hope in the franchise. Game studios Treyarch and Raven Software continue what the 2020 title Cold War started. With a story campaign that offers an absolutely brilliant level composition, while enriching it with excellent shooting dynamics and a new motion omnimovement system. The latter translates beautifully to the multiplayer, which of course could have done with some work on the new game modes, as well as the Zombies mode, which is repairing its reputation. This is simply good Call of Duty.

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Tribe Nation is a military strategy game with rogue-like mechanics, from the Czech studio Random Worlds. Players take on the role of a warlord fleeing from Caesar's army. The game combines movement on hexagonal fields, strategy and elements of chance, which should make each battle unique. Battles are divided into phases where you fight in real time, and phases where you manage your upgrades and equipment. While the visuals are simple, Tribe Nation is fun to play with, but some mechanics, such as inaccuracies in moving units, can be frustrating. The game could be enhanced with more content and tweaks to increase replayability and player motivation.

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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a fun and difficult platformer, which impresses players mainly with great level design. The wobbly controls do spoil the experience and make the game unnecessarily difficult, but if you can get past that, this is a well made remaster.

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Metro Awakening represents not only a return to the Moscow metro after a relatively long time, but also the first opportunity to experience this post-apocalyptic world literally from the perspective of your own eyes in virtual reality. Vertigo Games managed to do it incredibly succesfully. It is, simply put, a full-fledged Metro that no fan should miss. This is despite its flaws, for example with the abrupt change of narrative style midway through or the repetition of locations.

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Forgotten but Unbroken comes with an interesting setting and an ambitious concept that promises a combination of turn-based action and strategy building. Unfortunately, it suffers from a lack of variety, a weaker story and dated graphics. Stable optimization and quality audio do lift the game, but they are not enough to overcome its repetitive gameplay and other shortcomings.

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Mario & Luigi: Brothership succesfully brings back the charm of this good old RPG series after whopping 11 years. And they did it with grace, especially for a new studio that replaced the original AlphaDream.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle delivers a cinematic action-adventure experience, combining thrilling combat, stealth, intricate puzzles, and exploration across three immersive locations. Machine Games masterfully captures the spirit of Indiana Jones, creating one of the best action-adventure games to date.

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Fitness Boxing 3 won't turn you into the next Rocky Balboa, but it's sure to give you the motivation you need for a fun every day workout. If you like to excercise from the comfort of your home and don't mind the occasional motion detection bug, you'll really appreciate this glorified fitness app.

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At its core, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is an awfully good game with a solid story, an awesome atmosphere of the Zone, and generally great gameplay. Audiovisually, it's a beautiful game, and its gameplay mechanics, along with its higher difficulty, won't give you anything for free. Excellent! If only it weren't knocked off its imaginary pedestal by some pretty serious technical issues, ranging from not-so-good optimization to pretty major bugs, game crashes, inability to complete quests and other flaws that simply ruin this otherwise great experience.

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The Sims 4 Life and Death add-on introduces engaging mechanics like ghost afterlife, reincarnation, and realistic features like inheritance and funerals. Romanian-inspired buildings add charm to the expansion. However, the reaper career feels repetitive and suffers from a bug hindering progression.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is not aimed at loyal fans of the series but rather at younger gamers or those playing their first RPG. The game is crafted very solidly but uses many RPG elements very superficially.

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